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Intel Core i5 11320H vs Apple M1

39 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11320H
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i5 11320H
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5-3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 11320H with 4-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 11320H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11320H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer - released 7 months later
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1833 points
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2.1 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 11320H
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 11320H
86
Apple M1 +28%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 11320H
328
Apple M1 +60%
525
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 561 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1227 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 11320H
1833
Apple M1 +31%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11320H
5773
Apple M1 +48%
8547
File compression 692.7 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 32.2 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 127.9 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 153.6 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 181.9 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 69.4 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.86 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1015 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 11320H
2902
Apple M1 +27%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11320H
10772
Apple M1 +31%
14123
Integer math 36.2 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.4 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 39M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.5M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.2 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 122.4 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 633 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.4B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 749 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 11320H
67.21
Apple M1 +42%
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.4 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 164.9 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 307.8 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.92 PPW 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 11320H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (Sheldon)Cinebench 2026561 / 1227
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Nooob)GeekBench2107 / 6078
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1GeekBench2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)GeekBench2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)GeekBench2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11320H and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released June 21, 2021 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i7-11320H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.5-3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 25-32x -
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 28-35 W (configurable) 14 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 11320H
2.1 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +24%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4267		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11320H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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